Can I ask why a Max Ray Trace depth of 4? I find that overkill just for fur IMHO.

It will make a difference. Usually a MRT depth of 2 will do, but with hairs, given how thin they are, a 4 value will give better results and enhance anti-aliasing. At least from my render tests.Is this RiCurve thing as I thought anti aliasing was controlled via the Pixel X and Y sample rate. I cannot use LAMH with my computer and struggle to use a MRT depth of 2 for any scene so I cannot test these things for myself. The reason I am interested as I am gearing up for the future when I can make good use of LAMH.

Can I ask why a Max Ray Trace depth of 4? I find that overkill just for fur IMHO.

It will make a difference. Usually a MRT depth of 2 will do, but with hairs, given how thin they are, a 4 value will give better results and enhance anti-aliasing. At least from my render tests.

Is this RiCurve thing as I thought anti aliasing was controlled via the Pixel X and Y sample rate. I cannot use LAMH with my computer and struggle to use a MRT depth of 2 for any scene so I cannot test these things for myself. The reason I am interested as I am gearing up for the future when I can make good use of LAMH.

Just curious, what are your computer specs? These presets are set on 1,5M hairs (even if that amount can be changed): that can be quite intensive on old hardware, especially 32bit systems.

It is not so much the specs but how old and tired the things is. My main machine went pop on new years eve and this is a borrowed machine. I can't render much in DS4.5+ and haven't been able to for sometime. I can run DS3A still but even that will crash if I make the scene too big or up the settings.

Greetings,
As an aside from cats for a moment, I was wondering if anyone had tried building a LAMH preset for the 9mbi fox? I can't seem to get the Lyne fox to work (due to it needing UVMapper, and running on Mac OS X primarily), and I like the 9mbi fox.

So I'd love to know if anyone who's played with setting up LAMH presets has tried to work with that fox at all...?

Cypherfox that's a tad off topic...I have the 9mbi fox but why not use its transmapped fur? I think i remember starting a fur map for it before my comp died earlier... can see about working on that and a few other things soon

I was kind of hoping to export as geometry and use transfer tool as I do on hairs I create
does the player do this?
see this video using head hair RIGGED with childbones as springbones in iClone to see the sort of stuff I do
I tend to avoid software betas have the current LAMH from my purchased downloads

I was kind of hoping to export as geometry and use transfer tool as I do on hairs I create
does the player do this?
see this video using head hair RIGGED with childbones as springbones in iClone to see the sort of stuff I do
I tend to avoid software betas have the current LAMH from my purchased downloads

Hi Wendy,
We've asked that the player beta be moved into the store since no one has reported problems with it. So it will be "non-beta" very soon.

DAZ Studio crashes anytime I try to load in one of the Real Fur breed presets, but only if there is something else in the scene. It loads into an empty scene just fine. If I load the cat first, then load in other items, I'm fine until I try to save, then it crashes again.

DAZ Studio crashes anytime I try to load in one of the Real Fur breed presets, but only if there is something else in the scene. It loads into an empty scene just fine. If I load the cat first, then load in other items, I'm fine until I try to save, then it crashes again.

I have the latest version and I cannot load one of these without an immediate crash. i7 , 12 gigs RAM, GeForce GTX 460. Everything updated and not other issues. I click to load and and get an instant crash. It does not even begin to try and open.

The RC is installed as instructed.

If I remove LAMH and use the free player could that be a temporary workaround?

After installing the update per Kendall and uninstalling the free player, everything works as it should. I was able to load the kitty and the girl and a backdrop, render it, save it, the whole kit and kaboodle. Thanks for the help!

My apologies. I seldom use Studio and it was my bad. It's all OK. Open in "Breed" and then open again in "AM". I misunderstood since everything is labeled actor. I thought I could just click on the item in "AM" not thinking the hair is a separate actor.

I purchased the LAMH plug in when it came out, but iirc, there were a lot of hoops to jump through to get it running. Access codes and what all.

Well I cannot find any of those now. So even if I re-download and reinstall it I'm going to need new key codes or whatever, unless the serial number in my account will be enough to satisfy it. As I remember it, however, it needed something else as well.

Or I could deinstall it altogether and just run the new player once it reaches the store. Given that I am more likely to be using presets than building new hair models on things, that might be a better option, if it actually works.

So; the main question is; am I correct in my recollection that I need yet another access code to make the plugin work? Something *more* than just the serial number?

Secondary questions, has there been any issue with the full version plugin with the current version of Studio? I think Studio has been updated twice since I purchased the plugin.

Third question; the player is clearly being updated. Does that mean that the player is more likely to work than the plugin is?

I purchased the LAMH plug in when it came out, but iirc, there were a lot of hoops to jump through to get it running. Access codes and what all.

Well I cannot find any of those now. So even if I re-download and reinstall it I'm going to need new key codes or whatever, unless the serial number in my account will be enough to satisfy it. As I remember it, however, it needed something else as well.

Or I could deinstall it altogether and just run the new player once it reaches the store. Given that I am more likely to be using presets than building new hair models on things, that might be a better option, if it actually works.

So; the main question is; am I correct in my recollection that I need yet another access code to make the plugin work? Something *more* than just the serial number?

Secondary questions, has there been any issue with the full version plugin with the current version of Studio? I think Studio has been updated twice since I purchased the plugin.

Third question; the player is clearly being updated. Does that mean that the player is more likely to work than the plugin is?

All you do is follow the steps you did before. The serial in your account you use for the install code or w/e LAMH calls it when you start the activation process, and then you just go from there.

HI JOdel,
The 1st code is generated by your computer.
The 2nd code is from DAZ.
enter those into the LAMH registration site and you get a code to enter. Save the .cfg file that LAMH will save into your LAMH folder and you'll not have to do it again.

Just a one time operation.

If you've purchased the 1.0 Full Plugin, then you are eligible to get the latest Release Candidate for free from the LAMH support sites. The 1.07 contains the player built in.

I purchased the LAMH plug in when it came out, but iirc, there were a lot of hoops to jump through to get it running. Access codes and what all.

Well I cannot find any of those now. So even if I re-download and reinstall it I'm going to need new key codes or whatever, unless the serial number in my account will be enough to satisfy it. As I remember it, however, it needed something else as well.

Or I could deinstall it altogether and just run the new player once it reaches the store. Given that I am more likely to be using presets than building new hair models on things, that might be a better option, if it actually works.

So; the main question is; am I correct in my recollection that I need yet another access code to make the plugin work? Something *more* than just the serial number?

Secondary questions, has there been any issue with the full version plugin with the current version of Studio? I think Studio has been updated twice since I purchased the plugin.

Third question; the player is clearly being updated. Does that mean that the player is more likely to work than the plugin is?

After installing the update per Kendall and uninstalling the free player, everything works as it should. I was able to load the kitty and the girl and a backdrop, render it, save it, the whole kit and kaboodle. Thanks for the help!